BONNIE FOGEL
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Bonnie Fogel has guided the organization from its creation in 1979 as a PTA project in an elementary school to the acclaimed national institution it has become. Prior to Imagination Stage, she worked as an independent writer and journalist. In the United Kingdom, she worked in the communications department of retail giant, Marks & Spencer. In the United States, she worked for Pittsburgh Public Schools and The National Parks & Recreation Association. In the community, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Siena School and on the Scholarship Committee for Leadership Montgomery. She is a former Board Member of the BCC Chamber of Commerce and a founding member of the BCC’s Cultural Arts Committee and the Committee for a Bethesda Cultural District. In 2004, Bonnie was named a Washingtonian of the Year. Other awards include: Montgomery County ArtStars Award (2005); Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2006), Smart CEO Award, (2007), Theatre Washington Helen’s Star (2012), Montgomery Women Shining Star Award (2014), and recipient of the Gelman, Rosenberg, & Freedman Excel Award for nonprofit management (2015).
JANET STANFORD
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Janet Stanford has helped transition Imagination Stage from a community-based arts organization to a nationally significant regional Theatre for Young Audiences theatre and arts education program. Janet has established a record for ongoing funding from the NEA, the Theatre Communications Group, and The Shubert Foundation, among others. She has commissioned US and international playwrights including Kevin Kling, Karen Zacarias, Joan Cushing, David S. Craig, and Charles Way, whose plays and musicals have gone on to be produced at other theatres in the US and as far away as China. Janet has traveled widely on grants seeking new and exciting artists to work with Imagination Stage. This past season, she directed JACK and Phil, Slayers of Giants-INC and Looking for Roberto Clemente at Imagination Stage, as well as adapting the world premiere, The Little Mermaid. This season, she directed the Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding Theatre for Young Audiences production, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Jennifer Schwartz
General and Production Manager
Jen Luna
Director of Human Resources
Jolene Robichaud
Database Manager
Anna Riehle
Assistant Database Manager
Janeth Saenz
Staff Accountant
Angel Schlogel
Office Manager and Facilities Associate
David R. Whitney
Facilities Manager
APPRENTICE PROGRAM
Erin Murphy
Apprentice & Volunteer Coordinator
Jade Brooks-Bartlett
Production Apprentice
Paulina Campbell
Education Apprentice
Bex Ehrmann
Education Apprentice
James Lex
Access & Inclusion Apprentice
Maeve Nash
Production Apprentice
Kristen Nassar
Institutional Development Apprentice
Rosemarie O’Connor
Institutional Development Apprentice
EDUCATION & ARTISTIC
Kathryn Chase Bryer
Associate Artistic Director
Joanne Seelig
Director of Education
Nikki Kaplan
Associate Director of Education
Jenna Duncan
Artistic and Casting Coordinator
Alison Gee
Senior Faculty: Elementary
Marcia Howard
Senior Faculty: Dance
Katie Keddell
Access Coordinator
Danielle Pampinella
Satellite Education Programs Coordinator
Krystle Seit
Education Program Coordinator
David Stern
Director of Digital Media
Stacy Steyaert
Early Childhood Program Coordinator
Emily Veno
Education Associate
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Chelsey Christensen
Director of Development
Anneliese DeDiemar
Director of Marketing and Communications
Shea Bartlett
Marketing and Communications Associate
Kelsey Dean
Special Events Associate
Laura diCurcio
Graphic Designer
Olivia Hairfield
Marketing & Communications Associate/Education
Nina Marti
Development Associate
Jessica Teaford
Development Manager for Individual Giving
PATRON SERVICES
Brian Antin
Director of Patron Services
Sherill Anne Gross
Just Imagine Shop Assistant Manager
Lead House Manager
Anne Elisa McDonnell
Just Imagine Shop Manager
James Swindell
Group Sales Coordinator
PRODUCTION
Jennifer Schwartz
General and Production Manager
John Elder
Assistant Technical Director
Gina Grundman
Properties Coordinator
Danielle Harris
Scenic Charge
Anna Klinger
Costume Shop Manager
Kate Kolarik
Assistant Production Manager
Elise Masur
Technical Director
Aubrey Mazzaferri
Assistant Costume Shop Manager
Bethany Regalbuto
Master Electrician
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (OFFICERS)
Kim Greenfield Alfonso
PRESIDENT
George Little
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jane Fairweather
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Evonne Courtney Connolly
SECRETARY
Thomas Ransom
TREASURER
Jeremy Blank
Mara Bralove
M. Celeste Bruce
Tina Martin
Patrick O’Neil
VICE PRESIDENTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (MEMBERS)
Sonya Ali
Sally Amoruso
Matthew Blocher
Jessica Boger
Ashley Bronczek
Donna Cooper
Nina DiSandro
Bonnie Fogel
David Harrison
Melissa Lesmes
Michele Manatt
Molly Mahoney Matthews
Princess McDuffie
Jan McNamara
Anne Mead
Wesley Neal
Pilar Frank O’Leary
Jennifer Owen
Rynthia Rost
Janet Stanford
Sunit Talapatra
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Susan Lacz, 2011-2013
Mark Richardson 2009-2011
Wayne Hunley, 2007-2009
Stephen A. Hayes, 2005-2007
Sally Rosenberg, 2003-2005
Robert G. Brewer, Jr., 2000-2003
J.J. Finkelstein, 1998-2000
Mita Schaffer, 1996-1998
Nancy T. Greenspan, 1994-1996
Jerry Morenoff, 1992-1994
Barbara J. Gottschalk, 1990-1992
Gail L. Jacobs, 1988-1990
Frank Allen Philpot, 1986-1988
LEGAL COUNSEL
Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.